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A Page of Opinion:

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This is our view: . ' Don’t Tie His Hands

The executive leadership of Indiana State government will rest in the capable hands of Henry F. Schricker for the next four years. Statistical confirmation of this fact which had been generally accepted for some months is shown by the numerous independent pollis being conducted in all sections of the state. Mr. Schricker leads by a comfortable margin in 95% of all these polls. The popularity of Indiana’s wartime governor is the result of a novel campaign promise. That promise is the Schricker record. It is a promise based on fact. It is a promise of honest and capable, unselfish and efficient service. It is a promise which the people of Indiana can be assured will be kept. Thereis absolutely no reason to believe that Mr. Henry Schricker will not give the same inspiring leadership which was such a credit to this state in his first term. ' Few states in this nation have been so fortunate as to have a governor who came to the end of his administration with the good will and approval of its citizens. The administration of Mr. Schricker stands out like a beacon light. The brilliance of his record is sharpened by the fact that it was made at a time when his” administrative associates and the states General Assembly were from an opposing party. Henry F. Schricker has given muglfi/t‘o/ this Hoosier State. He deserves much in return. He is seeking public office again this year at the behest of a multitude of Indiana citizens who desire better state government. He deserves to be given the opportunity to accomplish even more than he did during the years from 1940-1944. * He can best do this if the voters . elect with him administrative associates who are friendly—men and women from his own party. He can best achieve the kind of government honest citizens want if he has a friendly legislature to work with—a legislature which can and will work with him to the best interests of the people. He deserves a Democratic legislature to follow his quiet and capable leadership. : - Henry F. Schricker deserves our cooperation—Don’t tie his hands!

. Navy Day - Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 17. Navy Day is celebrated on October 27. ' - ‘ Obviously there is something considerably more than a coincidence here. The selection of T. R’s birthday, as an appropriate time to emphasize the achievements and promise of the American Navy was not just a matter of happenstance. : ' But why was this decision made? Why was the anniversary of a man who fought in the Army, but never in the Navy, an unquestionably logical date? The answer is that Theodore Roosevelt, while occupying the post of assisy tant secretary of the navy, did everything in his power to develop that arm of our defense at a time when altogether too many Americansg failed to recognize its significance. ' But more important is the fact that, alone among the cilivians of the early part of the McKinley era, T. R. was capable of differentiating between what was vital and what was less than vital. He recognized the Navy’s potential. Going beyond recognition, he took action that built up the Navy both for war and for peaeetime service. _ Theodore Roosevelt had vision. He also had courage, which is at least as rare as vision. We need men who comprehend the proper role not only of the Navy, but also of the Army and Air Force in the months that lie before us. _ A - —Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette

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Thursday, October 28, 1948

Election time always brings to the fore the age old question of whether the people or the leaders are responsible for social progress, and my vote has always been cast with the little people of the world. I have great faith in the eventual wisdom of little people,.and history supports, rather than negates, that faith. It was the little people who stuck with -Jesus Christ, and thru myriad adversities carried out his teachings to where today it remains the only organized force for good-in the world. ! It was the little people who stormed the Bastile and brought Democracy to France.

It was the little people who rallied to Washington and the American leaders of the Revolution.

It was the little people who followed Lincoln to victory over an unsocial force. ‘

Down thru the ages the little people have been tramped on, hoodwinked, theated, murdeded, and subdued, but when the occasion demanded, they arose to that occasion and beat down the forces of reaction. They have remained dormant over great periods of time, and just when hope seemed to vanish from the horizon of the earth, they came thru and brought order out of chaos. Leaders are developed by the crisis at hand. They do not manufacture the crisis, yet a fiery word from the mouth of a sage can turn the tide of battle . . . of social thinking. And surprisingly enough, these vital words come from little people, and are condemned, in many instances, by the leaders at hand.

Tom Paine’s “Common Sense” turned the American revolution from a protest against too strict an application of the law into a fight for freedom and de= mocracy, yet Tom Paine was too “hat a potato” to be placed in the government his efforts had caused to be established.

Hariett Beecher Stowe turned an apathetic North into a conscious force. Henrik Ibsen gave order to the fight for women’s suffrage, and on and on. It’s been the little people who have fought to preserve and extend man’s rights. It’s been “the little people who have caused the great inventions in the world, not the engineers. . : Because of these facts, I do not condemn the man of idea, no matter how far down the line of social attainment he may be. I cannot join the mob of reaction, neither can I give immediate credance to the theories of every person who has one. If I’'m to be honest with myself in the light of history, I must develop a- tolerance toward mankind, not a conservatism that shuts out all light for the new or untried. ,

When Grey wrote his “Elegy ta a Churchyard” he spoke true words when he said, “many an unsung Milton lies beneath this slab,” for our common experiences teach us that many a Milton has his songs unsung. And so in the heat of political battle I do not fire to the fever of campaign. I do not believe the world, our country, our state or our county will go to the dogs if John X doesn’t get in. I believe in the people. To ime, it's the only safeguard our democracy possesses. Carl Sandburg talked about these ‘people in a poem once; I shall recall a portion of it to help prove my point. “The people live on, - The learning and. blundering people will live on. - ‘ They Iv(sizill be tricked and sold and again sold, ' And go back to the nourishing earth for rootholds, " ' The people so peculiar in renewal and comeback, ay b L You can’t laugh off their capacity to take it, = ~ - : The mammoth rests between his cyclonic dramas. < : The old anvil laughs at many broken hammers,. |° e : There are men who can’t be' bought. The fireborn are .at home in fire,. The stars make nonoigse. -~ . You can’t hinder the wind from blowTime is a great teacher . . . Who can live Wlthfl}mfi@e?" e

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Good Word for Franco

SENATORS Scott Lucas of Ili- " nois and Bill Fulbright of Arkansas, both Democrats, gave newsmen the slip the other day and paid a private call at the state department. Their purpose was to put in a 8 good word for Franco Spain. - Just back from a trip to Madrid, Lucas and Fulbright said they thought it was about time Spain was admitted back into the good graces of the western nations. They urged the state department to take the lead and review American pollcy toward Spain. e State department diplomats, howsver, cautioned against appeasing Franco at the risk of antagonizing the United Nations. It was by a U. N. vote that Spain became an international outcast, the senators were reminded. s & o

No. 43

Berlin Trouble

U. 8. air force chiefs flatly deny it, but the Berlin airlift is expected to break down in November. Chief difficulty will be weather.

Other difficulties are the fact that planes are subject to terrific wear and tear, with little time for overhaul. Also, it’'s significant -that Britain’s RAF actually is carrying 45 per cent of all freight into Berlin. Anglo-American cooperation has been. excellent, - though the British aren't&fing credit for their part of the job.

In November, simultaneous with murky weather, the airlift will be called upon to carry much more coal. Several million people in Berlin will be howling for it. The city already is on minimum rations. A deep-freeze unit in Berlin is worth nothing. Reason: electricity is turned off most of the day. Housewives can’'t begin cooking until 6 p. m. L ~ Berlin’s complete blackout to save coal has made the city a paradise for burglars. They are now so brazen they have been breaking into homes while occupants were still awake. November bad weather also will coincide with probable political uncertainty in the U. S. If Dewey wins, as seems certain, the American government will be in a state of flux between November and January. That is the time to watch for real trouble with the Russians.

U. S. Plot Against Peron? Here is the exclusive inside story of the alleged ‘‘assassination ‘plot’ in Argentina: o John 8. Griffiths, the American named as ‘chief instigator of the conspiracy,’”” was cultural attache of the U. S. embassy in Buenos Aires under former Ambassador Spruille Braden. As such, he took an active part in Braden's campaign to aid the Argentine Democratic Union, which opposed the presidential candidacy of Juan D. Peron in 1945-46. 1 When Braden returned fo Washington in September, 1945, Griffiths took over direction of this Democratic Union campaign. His activties, however, were consistently hindered by John Cabot, who remained as U. S. charge d’affaires, and who had never sympathized with Braden’s methods. After Braden departed, Cabot refused.to cooperate with Grifiiths in any way, even denying him access to cables received from Washington. :

Following Peron’s election and the appointment of George S. Messersmith as ambassador to B. A., Griffiths resigned from the U. 8. diplomatic service, but remained ip the Argentine capital as technical adviser to several U. 8. export firms.

Seven months ago, Griffiths was summarily expelled from Argentina, on the charge that he had fomented a strike of bank employees in Buenos Aires. Two bank-strike leaders, who had been fired from their jobs, submitted testimony that they had no comnnection or acquaintance with Griffiths. However, these statements were rejected by the court and never published in Argentina. | Griffiths returned to the U. S.: last: March, lined up three export' representations from Uruguay, and departed for Montevideo in May. He has since been living there with his son, John Jr., 17, in a $25-a--month apartment, scantily furnished, making just enough money to get along. e » On a strictly voluntary and unofficial basis, without pay, Grifiths has also served as confidential adviser to Ellis O. Briggs, U. S. ambassador to Uruguay; on various Argentine developments, Briggs is really the top man of the U. S. foreign service for the southern part of South America, | ; The “plot” announced in | Buenos Aires named Griffiths as principal conspirator be- - gentine public mind with Brad- - en, he ht:pw-udmuolfle

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v Veterans Information %

Local veteran’s affairs officer F. D. Uhl stated today that under Public Law 567- of the 80th Congress, aliens who served hondrably with the United States armed forces during World Wars I and II are eligible for citizenship, even though they cannot prove legal entry into this country prior to their service. This law, which was approved June 1, 1948, is more liberal in some respects, and less in others, than the old veterans’ naturalization act, which expired December 28, 1948. The new law: 1. Adds World War I veterans

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O RRN 20000 . ‘gfig@ L SIS N = Ty B 4 R KENRETA T FOREWAN, | SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 1:8; 3:3a; 4:1; 6:27-28; 8:1-11; 10:1.9; 15:1; 18:9; 22:1a; %?ig&b. 28; Ecclesiastes I—3; James 1:;2?".0“01‘“‘ READING: James 3: ~ True Wisdom Lesson for October 31, 1948 - WHAT is the most important thing in the world? What is worth more than anything else? Some would say Money; some Power; some Goodness; some Truth. Anoth- F i 3 er answer is given ST by the writers of a § group of books, two . g of which are includ- e & . ed in our Bible. B & “Wisdom is- the S principal thing; L therefore get wisdom,” they say. % The books of pr Foreman Proverbs and Ec- : clesiastes in our Protestant Bible, and the books of Ecclesiasticus and the Wisdom of Solomon in the Apocrypha, all have this viewpoint and are therefore called the Wisdom Literature. ' : Other writers in the Bible divide the human race into the Good and the Wicked, or' the Believers and the Unbelievers; but these writers see mankind as the Wise and the Foolish, The books they wrote (especially Proverbs) were intended particularly for those who are so far neither foolish nor wise—that is to say, the young. ; : / . B " Knowledge Is Not Wisdom WISDOM (as these writers use the word) is not the same thing as knowledge. A person may know a great many things and still be a fool. Or he may not even know how to read and write, and yet be wise. Some modern writer has said: Knowledge is knowing what to do; skill is knowing how to do it; and virtue is doing it. Wisdom is all of these put together. _ " But the special feature of the “Wisdom Writers” is this: True wisdom»beglnstwith the fear of God. ‘“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom . . . -the knowledge of God is under- - gtanding.” In other words, wisdom without religion, without _faith, is foolish after all. We can see how in our times the story of the Nazis has shown this

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to the eligible list. : 2. Enables the applicant to file for naturalization regardless of his place of residence. G 3. For those who were in the United States or its possessions (excluding the Philippines) at the time "of enlistment, the act removes the need of proof of lawful admission: s 4. Removes the requirement of overseas service specified in the earlier act,. Under Public Law 567, fees are now charged for naturalization. Those who did not enter this S Continued on Page 9 ‘

once more to be true. The German ‘Reich, of 1935-1939 had the best of the science of the world; they had scholarship and wealth and ‘‘knowhow’” in many fields; but they rejected God and defied his church—and so a nation was destroyed. We too may profit by their example. We of the western nations have wealth and technical skills beyond any other peoples, we have the atom bombs—but have we the wisdom without which all these shings are but as torches in the hands of madmen? ¥ * & University on Ant-Hill KNOWLEDGE may be expensive. It costs a great deal of money to know what it takes to be an engineer or a surgeon. Wisdom, strange to say, is less expensive. It is in fact on such a low shelf that most people pass it by. Consider where the “Wisdom Writers’ tell us we may learn wisdom. One place is experience. “Experience keeps an expensive school, but fools will learn in no other—and hardly from that,”” says a more modern proverb. ‘ s Many of the proverbs in our Bible are simply distilled drops - of experience. ‘A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger,” for example. Do you need an angel from the sky to tell you that? Another source of wisdom is just Nature (herself. “Go: to the ant, thou sluggard (lazy - fellow); consider her ways and be wise.” A lazy man is a fool; but how shall he learn to\be wise? Not by reading books—just by watching the ants. S \ @ ® * Inspired Common Sense A FORMER governor of Virginia used to say that during his term of office he received more practical help from reading Proverbs than from any of the books on political science in his library, For the science, or the art, of government is simply one specialized form of that most important art, getting along with people. And the Wisdom Literature shows us how.it.is done.. - Some people think that Inspiration is always mysterious, and that: the Holy Spirit would not stoop to inspire what we could learn in any ordinary way. But the Christian church, when it declares Proverbs (for example) inspired, expresses her belief that there is such a thing as Inspired Common Sence. : ~ God may speak to us, and doés advice of our parents, in our -everyday experiences, in the + hard-working ant and the maj} _esty of the soaring eagle. Al truth is God’s truth, even when s wemw in our own backyard. oS b et P e e

DID you ever try looking back 34 years? We firied it. We rolled back the years. The game we were thinking of took place on October 9, 1914. Dick Rudolph was facing Chief Bender, one of the great pitchers of all time, Rudolph was good—but he was no Chief Bender. But the underrated Boston began hammering Bender. And the smart, cool Rudolph tied up the hard-hitting Athletics. Rudolph beat Bender 7 to 1 in that opening game. This was a hard jolt to Athletio fans. Not only that, but Hank Gowdy suddenly broke loose and began hitting like a com- £ bination of Dickey, @ Cochrane and HartP’ % nett. As I recall it f. ' Gowdy hit .545 in . _‘ @ that series. He took %= = Connie Mack’s ‘%“c'w?‘ P crack pitchers in i e turn and flayed | them. | . The Braves o, OV looked to be the best b ball club you ever HARTNETT Saw. I still ‘recall the fine play of Johnny Evers and Rabbit Maranville at second and short. The overlooked Brave infield made the great Athletic infield look second rate. f

That was a long spell back—--1914. The Germans had been stopped at the Marne—but they were still close to Paris. The First World War was just getting up steam. 1 doubt that many of those playing in the 1948 series were even born at that far off date.

We had a great bunch of baseball writers—Ring Lardner, Hughey Fullerton, Damon Runyon, Boze Bulger, Charley Dryden, one of the greatest, Bunk Macßeth, on and on. Rudolph was at his peak in this first game. He was the Johnny Sain of his time. He won 27 games that 1914 year, so you can compare him with Sain. He pitched and won two games in that 1914 series.

I saw Dick only a shofibwhfle ago. He was a liftle bald, but he still looked in condition to pitch a few innings, I've known few brainier pitchers than Rudolph, few who had cooler nerves or control What has become of control? Doesn’t “ the plate mean anything any more to 95 per cent of all pitchers? Important Events of 1914 What else happened in 1914? Babe Ruth was just breaking in. The Babe was a rookie. Bobby Jones was only 12 years old. Ty Cobb was in his prime. Jack Dempsey was five years away from Willard and Toledo. Jack was a stringy kid of 19, weighing 165 pounds. It was filve years away from the start of sport’s golden age. Man o’ War hadn’t been born. No one had ever heard of Red Grange, or Tilden, or Sande. ~ That year will be remembered as the start of World War I. But in baseball it is remembered as the year the miracle Braves accomplished the great- " est feat baseball . has ever known—the feat of beating the Mackmen four siraight, and forcing Connie Mack to disband, by sale, the greatest ball " ‘club he has ever managed.

"~ The Braves of 1914 were only a fair ball club. They were 90 per cent pitching and spirit. Johnny Evers and Rabbit Maranville had greater fighting spirit on a ball field than any two men I've ever known—barring one—a fellow: known as Ty Cobb. And I’'l put Pepper Martin up with Cobb. . The only difference is that Cobb and Martin were physically' equipped to handle the job while. Evers and Maranville had to bank' on spirit—head and heart. : Best Rookie of 1948 ‘ Richie Ashburn of the Phillies' has been voted the best rookie of. the year. There have been several' complaints over this decision from : other - centers, including the Red' Sox, who like their own Billy Goodman. ; | Whether or not he is the best rookie, I can tell you who is the most useful. His name is .Alvan Dark of the Braves. Dark has done more for the - Braves than any two rookies | have done for other clubs. ' - Shortstop weakness hurt them | badly - a year ago. ‘ - This spring in Florida, Billy Southworth told a bunch of writers that Dark was the key man in his club. ‘I feel pretty sure he will make good. I know Eddie Stanky will help him a lot,” Billy said. “Dark’s an amazing all-around athlete.” o g I ran into Bernie Moore, Dark’s | ‘old coach at L. S. U. Bernle is now Cslomer. : P s il "I don't think I have ever seen _of the best football players that M - L. 8. U, and we've , had our share, including Tittle of